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[H.R. 4281 Reported in House (RH)]

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                                                 Union Calendar No. 396
115th CONGRESS
   2d Session
                                H. R. 4281

                          [Report No. 115-531]

   To amend the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 to expand access to 
    capital for rural-area small businesses, and for other purposes.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                            November 7, 2017

Mr. Kihuen (for himself and Mr. Mooney of West Virginia) introduced the 
   following bill; which was referred to the Committee on Financial 
                                Services

                            January 29, 2018

                   Additional sponsor: Ms. Velazquez

                            January 29, 2018

  Reported with an amendment, committed to the Committee of the Whole 
       House on the State of the Union, and ordered to be printed
 [Strike out all after the enacting clause and insert the part printed 
                               in italic]
    [For text of introduced bill, see copy of bill as introduced on 
                           November 7, 2017]


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                                 A BILL


 
   To amend the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 to expand access to 
    capital for rural-area small businesses, and for other purposes.


 


    Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the 
United States of America in Congress assembled,

SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.

    This Act may be cited as the ``Expanding Access to Capital for 
Rural Job Creators Act''.

SEC. 2. ACCESS TO CAPITAL FOR RURAL-AREA SMALL BUSINESSES.

    Section 4 of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 (15 U.S.C. 78d) is 
amended--
            (1) in subsection (j)(4)(C), by striking ``and women-owned 
        small businesses'' and inserting ``, women-owned, and rural-
        area small businesses''; and
            (2) in subsection (j)(6)(B)(iii), by striking ``and women-
        owned small businesses'' and inserting ``, women-owned, and 
        rural-area small businesses''.
                                                 Union Calendar No. 396

115th CONGRESS

   2d Session

                               H. R. 4281

                          [Report No. 115-531]

_______________________________________________________________________

                                 A BILL

   To amend the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 to expand access to 
    capital for rural-area small businesses, and for other purposes.

_______________________________________________________________________

                            January 29, 2018

  Reported with an amendment, committed to the Committee of the Whole 
       House on the State of the Union, and ordered to be printed